The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-12-10
THE SHOEsTKING TOWN.

THE SHOEsTKING TOWN.
| Almost u Murder.-An Accident. MASK
Ball SoOn.--Other Items.
What at the time promised to add an
other to the list of La Sale county's muir.
dered ones, and consign another prisoner 10
murderers' row in the jail, took place at
Marseilles on Saturday last Geo. Schind-
Ter, employed until that time In the capac-
ity of baker at Bingham IS, and we'll known
in this city, had been here filling up on
Court street whisky, and when he returned
TO Marseilles on the ;52 train, he was
hilariously inebriated He went down to
the bakery and passed into the bake room,
where Bingham was engaged in removing
bread from the ovens. He wanted TO 60 to
work and run the shop to suit himself, and
Bangham objected. He then struck Bang
ham a blow on the neck and staggered
him, and Bingham retaliated, knocking
him down. Mrs. Bingham interfered and
SCHNEIDER went into the front of the store
and began to abuse her. She then dis
charged him and paid him off, and he dis
puted her as to the amount due. She told
him to be quiet, and he again passed into
| the bake room.
A moment later Mrs. Bangham heard
sounds of a scuffle, and, with Albert Rose,
ran into the bake room just in time to See
SCHNEIDER stabbing Bingham as rapidly as
he could use his knife. His left hand
grasped Bangham at the throat, and he had
pushed the latter up against the wall, so
that he could resist but feebly. Rose caught
LII ho~Io and bald ht I'm,
while Mrs. Bangham wrested the knife
from his grasp. AS soon as he was released,
Bangham, who was for the time crazed
with excitement, struck out wildly and un-
fortunately landed heavy blow upon his
wife's breast. He then ran out into the
main store, with the blood squirting from
his wounds In all directions while his wife
followed him and succeeded in binding up
his arm, which was very badly cut. He
tore off the bandages, however, and was
then by main force taken home In car
riage.
When he regained his mental faculties
he stated that he did not hear SCHNEIDER
enter the second time, and was taking
bread out of the oven at the time. The
first intimation of danger was of some hot
iron (Schindlers krife) striking him In
the back. He turned around, and Schind-
Ter caught him at the throat and began to
stab him. He is, so to speak, all cut to
pieces, having ten serious though not fatal
wounds: one on the back, two on the head,
one on the face, one circular cut to the
bone nearly all around the arm, and several
stabs in the breast. His vest and shirt were
exhibited to the FREE TRADER reporter,
and were fairly saturated with blood. He
Is resting easily and will be about in few
weeks, though he is very weak at present.
SCHNEIDER was arrested and placed In
Jail. States Attorney Moloney was tele-
phoned, and instructed the authorities to
place him in 81 900 bonds for ten days, and
if Bangham became worse to make 1t &c.,
900 bonds. He is out on bail, and will have
an examination as soon as Bangham can
appear in court.
One of the Rock Island brakeman had
his hand crushed while coupling cars at
Marseilles on Monday.
Everybody who has heard of Marseilles,
at least in detail, has also heard Of Terry
Simmons. Terry is an original character,
and something of genius in his way. 1t
is said that years ago, when Terry first
struck Marseilles, he was, in appearance,
fearfully unsophisticated and unframed in
the ways of this wicked, bob-tailed world.
But appearances are sometimes deceptive.
They were in this case. In those days
postage was collected at the delivery, In.
stead of at the receiving window. Terry
went down to the office, and, as ill.luck
would have II, letter had arrived without
a stamp on 1t, and Terry was dead broke.
"Please, SIR" said he to the postmaster,
twill YOU read il for me? can't read be-
cause my eyes hurt me very badly"
Certainly" and the postmaster read the
ep,stle, even to the last postscript.
Then Terry started off, amid the clamor-
ings of the conflding official; but he
had slain his best friend, for the P. M,
ever afterward collected in advance.
Dc. Egbert is Trowbridge's contemporary
in the drug business, and is almost across
the street from him. Doc used to board
at the Msrseilles House when Ed. Beck
with furnished the entertainment, and
many good time the young merchants
used TO have in the lobby. They were hav.
ing splendid time one evening, and ghost
stories were the rule all around. Some of
the fellows told whoppers, and appeared to
be all earnestness in the matter, too. One
of these, a particularly blood. curdling one,
had peculiar fascination for the Doc; and
the vision of white,robed figure was the
last reflected upon his mind as his eyelids
closed in sleep. 1t was an hour later
midnight. The wind howled around the
corners of the house and sang solemn
dirge among the chimneys. There is a
fierce rafting at Egberts door. He arises
hastily and opens it. Then there emenates
from the Docs lips wild shrek of des-
pair-but no, it was sick boarder with a
sheet wrapped around hiT.